Waltraud Meier

Though she’s achieved very much acclaim on her behalf Wagnerian assignments — and rightly so, mezzo-soprano Waltraud Meier possesses a huge repertory — not forgetting a consummate skill — in Italian, French, as well as Russian opera, from Bizet’s Carmen and Tchaikovsky’s Jeanne d’Arc to Verdi’s Azucena (Il Trovatore) and Saint-Saëns’ Dalila (Samson and Dalila). She’s also sung a good variety of soprano assignments, including Wagner’s Isolde and Mascagni’s Santuzza (Cavalleria Rusticana). Among various other Wagner assignments she’s interpreted with difference are Kundry (Parsifal), Waltraute (Götterdämmerung), Sieglinde and Fricka (Die Walküre), Venus (Tannhäconsumer), and Otrud (Lohengrin). But Meier’s repertory reaches concert work as well as the recital hall, aswell, consuming lieder of Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, and Richard Strauss; the Requiems of Verdi and Mozart; Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis; Mahler’s Symphonies No. 2 no. 8 and Das Lied von der Erde; and far else. She’s appeared on many CDs and Dvd videos, a lot of which can be found on DG, EMI, Erato, Sony, Virgin Classics, Warner Classics, Teldec, OpusArte, and Unitel. Waltraud Meier was created in Würzburg, Germany, on January 9, 1956. She sang in various choruses as a kid and teenager. Her initial research were in British and Romance dialects, but she also had taken tone of voice lessons privately with Dietger Jacob in Cologne. In 1976 she debuted on the Würzburg Opera performing Lola in Cavalleria. From 1976-1978 she was an associate from the Mannheim Opera, where she sang many assignments. 1980 was a pivotal calendar year for Meier: she produced her worldwide debut as Fricka in Buenos Aires on the famous Teatro Digestive tract, and she was also used on as an associate from the Dortmund Opera, portion until 1983. Meier’s 1983 Bayreuth debut as Kundry was a feeling, catapulting her to worldwide renown. She sang at Hanover for the season (1983-1984) with Stuttgart for three (1985-1988). On the other hand, she produced a string of essential debuts: Covent Backyard (1984) as Princess Eboli (Verdi’s Don Carlos); the Met (1987), once again as Fricka; as well as the Vienna Condition Opera (1988) simply because Venus. From her extremely acclaimed 1993 Bayreuth appearance as Isolde, Meier offers frequently sung dramatic soprano tasks. In the 2001 Munich Opera Event she offered her debut overall performance of Didon in Berlioz’s Les Troyens, once again sketching rave notices. Meier reprised Isolde at La Scala in 2007, with Daniel Barenboim performing. In ’09 2009 a documenting predicated on the La Scala Tristan und Isolde shows was released on Virgin Classics.